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Glossary

cluster is a group of geographically concentrated POIs

Cross Street is a street that intersects the street a tram or bus is travelling along (i.e. the Travel Street)

Google Geocoding API is a Google API that provides access to a service which converts addresses into geographic coordinates (and vice versa)

journey planner is a PTV service that allows people to plan journeys from one specific point to another

landmark is a prominent or easily identifiable building or other place that is used to mark a location, for example, a shopping centre, school, hospital, or park

line is a collection of route variations or paths that travel in the same direction

location is the physical place of a stop or outlet, described by the "location_name" attribute

outlet is a myki ticket outlet; this can be a retail outlet (i.e. shop) or a stop outlet (i.e. machine located at a station, tram stop or bus stop)

platform a data object returned through the API made up of stop, line and direction information

POI stops and/or myki ticket outlets (collectively known as points of interest – i.e. POIs)

route is a collection of route variations or paths that travel in the same direction; in the data, a "route" is called a "line"

run is a specific service i.e. the transport type or mode, line, direction and time are all specified

stop is any of the following: a train station, tram stop, bus stop, or even a bus bay (e.g. at a shopping centre)

stopping pattern is the sequence of stops that a vehicle actually stops at on a line for any particular run

TramTRACKER is a real-time feed for tram services provided by Yarra Trams

Travel Street is the street that a tram or bus is travelling along at any given point in its run

UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time; it is the primary time standard that regulates clocks and time